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A Review of Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Severe COVID-19 Disease

Edward Kwon, Nathan Whitlow and Alexander Reed
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine February 2021, 34 (Supplement) S186-S191; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200165
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From the Department of Family Medicine, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA (All authors).
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